Candyland, Kodama, and Gardening for Hobos...

Princess Lolly! Soon to be visible on Etsy, as well! But for now drying after a quick bath.
I had a delightful time combing together the colors for this--trying to go for an iridescent candy look, just like the lollipops on the gameboard I remember. After a few mini-batts I wasn't psyched by I figured out the trick to leaving them kind of painterly in stroke, and just admired the colors going together...



I mention this because it's a detail that's not really obvious in the yarn itself, but is very important to me, stylistically.
... what a stuck up thing to have to say. >,<

It was one of those projects that seems to take way longer than usual--and the reason on this was because I was spinning 300 yards! This is fantastic, for me.

And it just turned out really nicely...

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Kodama Forest did not quite come out the way I'd wanted it to, but apparently it came out well enough! I sold it this morning after listing it yesterday...to a Ravelry friend, but that totally counts.



I'm going to try again for the same theme--being Ashitaka of Princess Mononoke--but with a roving that's dyed just perfect for him, instead of trying to cobble together his colors from odd ends, and ending up with only the forest colors being really strong.

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Today I improved on my first sunburn of the year from the other day by doing more garden restructuring--which led to a visit to the store for a new gardening fork, after I busted one. My complete glee to be picking out baby plants to bring home made me realize I've never actually done that before--adopted plants from other homes, yeah, and been handed things to plant, sure. Not the same!

I just HAD to get the dianthus named "Firewitch" and then I bought her a friend, some Irish Moss, because in for a penny...